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Show i i 1 t- i "f 1 L L il ; vn FEB 2 11978 - ::: r E. Halliday. Of course, the Chamber of Commerce was elated the two bills it vigorously endorsed were enacted by legislators-specifical- ly, the tax increase in motor fuel and appropria- tions for development of the Great Salt Lake's south shore. In general, the gasoline They didnt pass any but they didnt pass any either. pro-busine- legislatures most recent bud- get session. Jack Christensen at the Utah Mining Association would liked to have seen lawmakers enact SB 31, which was intended to correct an of the corporate franchise tax. Other than that, there was nothing outstanding about the latest session, he said. It was a reasonable session. said D. Van de Graaff, executive director of the Utah Petroleum Association. They over-collectio- n, didnt pass any antibusincss legislation, nor did they pass legislatany said. he ion. I guess the pluses far outweigh the minuses, added the Manufacturers Robert pro-busine- ss ss anti-busine- ss ; J I i A SfVALS ORDER DEFT. 1 A &.. Sheraton financing set? friendly terms, op the dcal,r ; At this ; point, UhinkqTra velodge : is staking the woIe.thing'Ji;; itoo?scribuslyrit3 1 Rcmcmberjg:;- the - manufacturers whose facilities arc located in rural areas need good roads to market their products. This bill provides the money to repair roads which really need it. The Chambers Randy It has alHoriuchi agreed. ways been good business to have good roads, and it saves money, especially when you start thinking in terms of wheel alignments and tires. Furthermore, if the roads arc not repaired now, the road base deteriorates to the point that we have to build new ones which end up costing three and half times as much as repair would have in the first The legislature's recent budget session con fined itself precisely to just that. Business wasn't treated with many particularly large concessions, but then it escaped largely intact. assigned a legislative committee to study the matter, said The problem with the federal government enforcing antitrust laws in Utah is simple. There just arent enough of them to get to all the Grant from Feds The law represents a lot more than an idle threat. The state of Utah has received a grant from the Justice Department of $191,000 this year, specifically earmarked for an- cases. Kibbie; IncEtCOJsla successor would like ; - to recover several nul-J- y lion dollars In cost Iverruhs it claims were 5 ' plan- - ning6pdJtJVyommg power qplani. Kibbie; filed ysuitl in tfedcraLwcbuirtlast Noctj'y;- wceagainst-ihroeoits'fcx-partnm- rector. A bill sponsored by Norm apBangerter propriated $3.6 million for an independent sewer system, a (See SOLONS, page 7) Buffmire. erjHansenvdocsnt - di- by James M. Schutz Enterprise Staff Writer general manager Rog-- ; ;; bers government affairs Trust busters beefing Utah enforcement Tra-vclodg- e? Jcaublpobif; proud that the Chamber's lobbying efforts to promote south shore development had been successful. He is the cham- I tax hike was popular among the business groups interviewed by the Enterprise. According to Halliday, "Many Horiuchi was in his glory. f would say the financing for the Salt Lake Sheraton has been secured, commented Hank Aloia, SherBut you better aton Corporation's regional representative. talk to the two fellows," he told the Enterprise last week. But neither Harlan Nelson nor Weldon Daines cared to make a comment. The two partners hold first rights on a Sheraton franchise in Salt Lake City. Sheraton's associate director of public relations in Boston, A1 Banks, said he wasnt aware of any agreement regarding the project's financing, but that it was making progress all the time. Yet Aloia confirmed the Enterprises query about the funding. Nelson and Daines have proposed building a Sheraton on Richards Street. Yes, legislation bills place. Trl Arc dropping . . .It's certainly in the; cards if the twti can come to LIBRARIES t J Solons kind to business The Chamber of Commerce called it superb. The Mining Association was a little disappointed and both the Petroleum and Manufacturers Associations thought it wras ho hum. But consensus among the Salt Lake business community is that business didn't fare all that badly at the UNIVERSITY OF U I Af E w VOLUME 7 NUMBER 32 That was how Andrew Buffmirc summed up the impetus for SB 69, a bill designed to enact a Utah law prohibiting certain monopolisSB 69 didnt tic practices. make it through the legisla- ture this time, but when the session ended, it was still very much alive. Most legislators felt the law was too complex to consider at this session, so they Andrew Buffmirc will head the anti-truenforcement st MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1978 titrust prosecution. More will come next year. Utah already has a law on the books outlawing monoBut, according to polies. Buffmire, there are some real problems with the old law, The old enacted in 1896. statute presents difficulties in the arc of monopolization, that is, unilateral anticompetitive activities, said Buffmire. Another problem is the scale of penalties provided for by the current statute. Penalties for the first violation of the law can't exceed $2000 for individuals, the second, not more than $1000, and each subsequent violation, not more than $15,000. Cumbersome law The old law is hindered by cumbersome and difficult wording, according to Buffmirc, which results in limited usage of the statute for prosecution. SB 69, which was mostly (Sec ENFORCEMENT, p. 3) 50 CENTS |